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William J. Gradishar, MD, on Innovating Pathways for Patient Self-Management in Breast Cancer

NCCN 2020 Virtual Annual Conference

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William J. Gradishar, MD, of Robert H. Lurie Comprehensive Cancer Center of Northwestern University, discusses the “4R Model” (Right Information, Care, Patient, and Time) which has proved to be a promising method for patient self-management. Patient care sequence plans markedly improved several aspects of patient self-management, as well as delivery of multimodality care (Abstract BPI20-017).



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